History created on week's last trading day

New Delhi: The last trading day of the week created history with both the key indices - the Sensex and the Nifty - managing to conquer 14,000 and 4,000 respectively.

After a strong opening, on the back of strong global sentiment, markets continue the up trend and Sensex breached its previous high of 14,060.35 while Nifty breached its previous high of 4,046.85 during the day - and the markets managed to maintain their momentum all through the day.

The BSE benchmark Sensex touched an intra-day high of 14,070.88 points while broad-based Nifty touched an intra-day high of 4,059.15 points.

About 1591 shares have advanced, 1044 shares declined, and 41 shares are unchanged. There were no losers on the Sensex and Nifty indices. ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and SBI were the top gainers on the Sensex as well as the Nifty.

Stock brokers said reports of firming trends in overseas markets and expectations of improved third-quarter results from corporate majors were the major factors behind the upward march.

They said the government's decision to lift completely the ban on exports of sugar too had a positive impact on the trading sentiments, triggering fresh buying activity in sugar company stocks.

Markets This Week

* All-time closing high for Sensex, Nifty

* Sensex up 1.33 per cent or 184.82 points at 14056.53; swings nearly 750 points during this week

* Nifty up 1.6 per cent or 63.65 poinst at 4052.45; swings nearly 225 points during this week

* BSE Oil & Gas Index up 5 per cent; RIL up 4.6 per cent, ONGC up 5.6 per cent, BPCL up 6.5 per cent

* BSE Bank Index up 3.80 per cent; ICICI Bank up 9 per cent

* Telecom stocks gain; MTNL up 12 per cent, Bharti Airtel up 4 per cent

* BSE Cap Goods Index down nearly 1 per cent; Suzlon down 4.25 per cent; L&T down 1.6 per cent

* Index Losers: Rel Comm down 6.8 per cent, Maruti down 4.6 per cent, Zee down 4.5 per cent

* CNX Midcap Index ends flat at 5227.8; swings nearly 200 points during this week

* Midcap Gainers: IFCI up 65.5 per cent, Pyramid Saimira up 95 per cent, Atlanta up 24 per cent

* BSE Small Cap Index up 3 per cent; Zandu Pharma up 47 per cent, Sandesh up 34 per cent, Mirza Int up 30 per cent

(With inputs from moneycontrol.com)